Tea-shelf for cooking stoves or ranges.



110.737,671. PATBNTED SEPT. 1, 1903.

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TBA SHELF FOR COOKING STOVBS 0R RAN'GrLES..

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UNITED STATES Patented September 1, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM A. SPICER, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, ASSIGNOR TO BARSTOV STOVE COMPANY, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

T'EA-SHELF FOR COOKING STOVES OR RANGES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 737,671, dated September 1, 1903. Application led April 2l, 1902. Serial No. 104,064. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. SrIoER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Providence, in the State of Rhode Island,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Tea- Shelves for Cooking Stoves or Ranges, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a tea-shelf which may be extended in separate sections over the heated top plate of the range, as required, and which may be completely utilized as a depository-shelf for articles of cooking; and my invention consists in a tea-shelf provided with sliding extensible portions, as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings, Figure l represents a top view of the tea-shelf with one of the extensible portions removed. Fig. 2 represents a top view with both of the extensible portions drawn out over the stove-plate. Fig. 3 represents a section taken in the line 3 8 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 represents a section taken in the line 4. 4 of Fig. l.

In the drawings, A represents the tea-shelf of a stove or range, and B a portion of the top of the stove-plate, upon which the elevated tea-shelf A is supported by means of a suitable bracket. (Not shown in the drawings.) The stationary plate a of the tea-shelf is provided with the stovepipe-opening b, Fig. l, or with an equivalent notch-opening b (shown in Fig. 2) and also provided with the openings c c, arranged at opposite sides of the pipe-opening b, the said openings being provided at the opposite edges with the notches d d, the stop projections e c, and the guidinggrooves ff. The plate a of the shelf is also provided with the depressed surfaces a ci', which are separated by the rib j, which extends in the plane of the surface j of the plate, and with the downwardly-turned ends n n. The extensible portions g g of the teashelf A fit into the recesses formed by the depressed surfaces a a and are provided at their under sides with the oppositely-direoted hooks 7L h, which are adapted to pass downward in the notches d CZ to engagement with the under side of the plate a, along the parallel edges t 'L' of the opening c, the forward movement of the extensible portion g being limited by the engagement of the outer side of the hooks 7L h with the stop proj ectious e e of the plate a, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2. The under side of the extensible portion g is provided with a rib lc, which loosely fits into and slides in the guidinggroove f, and by Ineans of the guiding rib and groove the extensible portion g of the shelf is properly held against lateral movement when in its extended position, as shown in Fig. 2. The extensible portion of the shelf is also provided with the downwardly-turned edge m and the corner m', the said edge m being made to project below the downwardlyturned edge Z of the plate d to provide convenient means for drawing the extensible shelf outward, and the downwardly-turned corner m' provides for a suitable junction with the downwardly-turned end 'n of the plate c when the extension-shelf is moved back, as shown in Fig. l.

. I claim as my inventionl. The combination of the tea-shelf plate a, provided with the opening I), for the stovepipe, the hook-engaging opening c, the depressed portion a', and the downwardlyturned end n, with the extensible shelf portion g, provided with the hook-formed engaging In eans 7i., and the downwardly-turned front edge m, substantially as described.

2. The combination of the tea-shelf plate a, provided with the opening b, for the stovepipe, the hook-engaging opening c, the depressed portion a', the guiding-groove f, and the downwardly-turned end n, with the extensible shelf portion g, provided with the engaging hooks 7i, the guiding-rib 7c, and the downwardly-turned front edge m, substan- 'tially as described.

3. The combination of the tea-shelf plate a, provided with the opening b, for the stovepipe, the hook-engaging openings@ c, the depressed portions a ct', and the downwardlyturned ends n n, with the extensible shelf portions g, provided with the hook-formed engaging means 7L, the downwardly-curved front edges m, and corners m', which abut the downwardly-turned ends n n., substantially as described.

XVILLIAM A. SPIOER.

Witnessesx i SooEA'rEs SCHOLEIELI), ANNA E. SPICER. 

